1st Edition
The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria A Study in the Narrative of the 'Letter of Aristeas'
By Sylvie Honigman
Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepted as a straightforward historical account of a cultural enterprise in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Letter nevertheless poses serious interpretative problems. Sylvie Honigman argues that the Letter should not be regarded as history, but... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Genre and Composition in the Book of Aristeas; Chapter 3 The Central Narrative; Chapter 4 Enforcing the Narrative Veracity; Chapter 5 The Origins and Early History of the Lxx; Chapter 6 The Homeric Paradigm; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Sylvie Honigman
